Biomass metrics
From the MAFMC website:
The Mid-Atlantic Council manages more than 65 species with seven fishery management plans (FMPs). Fifteen species are directly managed with specific FMPs:
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass
Mackerel (Atlantic and chub), Squid (longfin and Illex), and Butterfish
Atlantic Surfclams and Ocean Quahogs
Atlantic Bluefish
Golden and Blueline Tilefish
Spiny Dogfish (jointly managed with the New England Council, MAFMC lead)
Monkfish (jointly managed with the New England Council, NEFMC lead)
An additional 50+ forage species are managed as “ecosystem components,” meaning that the Council can set possession and landing limits to prevent the expansion of directed fisheries on these species in the Mid-Atlantic.
The Mid-Atlantic Council coordinates its management activities closely with several other management bodies, including the New England Fishery Management Council and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, to ensure that fisheries are managed effectively across jurisdictional boundaries.
# A tibble: 5 × 3
svspp comname scientific_name
<chr> <chr> <chr>
1 136 atlantic croaker micropogonias undulatus
2 146 northern kingfish menticirrhus saxatilis
3 651 banded drum larimus fasciatus
4 652 southern kingfish menticirrhus americanus
5 654 red drum sciaenops ocellatus 
